Conductor for stand-pipes



(No Model.)

J. B. KENISON.

CONDUCTOR FOR, STAND PIPES.

No. 398,735. Patented Feb. 26, 1889.

Nrrn STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN l3. KENISON, Oh LYNN, .llASSACIH'SET'IS.

CONDUCTOR FOR STAN D-PIPES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,735, dated February26, 1889.

Application filed .nlglist 16, 1888. Serial No. 232,898. (No modela 1'0all u'lwnt it may concern Be it known that I, JOHX ll. KENIsON, of Lynn,county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an II'nprQveincntin (onductors for btai'id-lipes, of which the i'ollowing descriptioi'ninconnection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, likeletters on the drawing representin like parts.

This invention has for its object to construct a detachable conductor orconvcyer for standpipes, which are located at convenient places on thesides of the streets, and employed to deliver water from the main pipeto supply wat-er-carts.

In accordance with this invention the conductor or conveyer is carriedon the cart, and when it is desired to use the same it is connected withthe dischargenozzle or end of the stand-pipe.

The conductor or coi'iveyer consists of two tapering pipes or cylindersjoined together at their larger ends. A suitable strainer is placedwithin the conductor or conveyor, and also a distrilnltcr to break theforce of the water. At the upper end of the conductor or conveyorsuitable engaging devices are provided, which will be employed to attachthe conductor or conveyer to the stand-pipe.

The invention is further described in the specification, andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

The drawing shows in side elevation the conductor or conveyor formingthe essence of this invention, it being broken out in places to show theparts within it; also the standpipe and a portion of the water-receivingtank which is placed on the cart.

The watentank A is of any suitable size,

shape, and construction, it having a waterreceiving orifice, a, at thetop. The tank A will be placed, as usual, on thecart, (not shown,)

and from it suitable pipes will lead, which are provided withsprinklers, also not shown.

B represents an ordinary stand-pipe, commonly located at convenientplaces at the sides of the street, and as now used have attached I muddynear a standpipc. In lieu of the flexible hose, I provide a conductor orconveyor, which consists of two pipes, h B, each tapered from end to endand. joined at their larger ends. These pipes may be made of alva-nizcdiron or other suitable material. A yoke, c, is attached to thescrew-threaded collar 0, (see dotted lines) by which the parts i arejoined together, said voke having at its i lower end a screw-threadedflange, (see dotted lines,) upon which is turned a collar or cap, 0(ontained within the yoke and supported by it is a tapering cylindricalstrainer, made a quite long, and the collar 0 contains a foramii nous orgauze plate which, it will be understood, forms the bottom of thestrainer.

A cross-bar, d, is fixed to the pipe 7) above the strainer, itsupporting a conical distributing-plate, d, which breaks the force ofthe water previous to entering the strainer.

The stand-pipe B, atits discharge nozzle or end, has a flange or ringfixed upon it, and a yoke or collar, e, embraces the upper end of thepipe I), from which project laterally ears 6, to which are pivotedlevers e the upper ends of which levers are provided with curvedengaging-flanges 6 having inclined or tapering vertical extensions 6,while the lower end of the levers are acted upon by sprin e, normallytending to press the curved flanges 6 toward each other.

The spring-controlled levers 6 having the curved flanges or engagingends, constitute the. engaging devices, and in operation, when theconductor or conveyor is lifted, the end of the discharge-nozzle strikesthe inclined portions e", thereby spreading the levers, and thereafterthe flange 2 acts in a like manner upon the levers, thereby permittingthe engaging portions c thereof to rest upon the upper surface of theflange 2, holding the coni vices engage the discharge end or nozzlethere of, after which the valve f is opened.

By the device herein described a tank may be filled and the devicedisconnected without spilling or permitting the Water to drain in thestreet; and, furthermore, by providing the conductor with a strainerobviates the necessity of removing collections from the sprinklers andthe pipes leading from the tank, which in practice consumes considerabletime.

I clan l. The conductor or conveyer herein described, consisting of thetapering pipes b I), joined at their larger ends by the collar 0, thetubular strainer 12, distrilmter-plate d, independent of and above saidstrainer, the yoke 0, within one of the said pipes and attached to saidcollar to support said strainer at its ends, and the collar 0 attachedto the lower end of said yoke and containing a foraminous plate to formthe bottom of the strainer, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The conductor or conveyer herein described, consisting of thetapering pipes 11 Z), joined at their larger en (is, the tubularstrainer 0 supported at either end by a yoke, 12, within pipe 0, and theplate (1', above said strainer, combined with the engaging devicecomprising the ears 6, rigidly attached to the end of said pipe,spring-controlled levers e pivoted thereto, and the projections 6 bywhich to partly inclose and engage the discharge end or nozzle of astand-pipe, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses;

G. W. GREGORY, T, L. EMERY.

